Percentage of Participants With Clearance of Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA From Blood
A participant was defined as having cleared talimogene laherparepvec if a negative blood sample was obtained following a prior positive test and if there were no subsequent positive tests.
Percentage of Participants With Clearance of Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA From Urine
A participant was defined as having cleared talimogene laherparepvec if a negative urine sample was obtained following a prior positive test and if there were no subsequent positive tests.
Percentage of Samples With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA on the Exterior of the Occlusive Dressing During the First Three Cycles
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from the exterior of the occlusive dressing with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Samples With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus on the Exterior of the Occlusive Dressing During the First Three Cycles
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of swab samples from the exterior of the occlusive dressing with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA on the Exterior of the Occlusive Dressing During the First Three Cycles
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA on the exterior of the occlusive dressing at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus on the Exterior of the Occlusive Dressing During the First Three Cycles
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus on the exterior of the occlusive dressing at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Samples From the Surface of Injected Lesions With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA During the First Three Cycles
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from the surface of injected lesions with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Samples From the Surface of Injected Lesions With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus During the First Three Cycles
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of samples taken from the surface of injected lesions with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA on the Surface of Injected Lesions During the First Three Cycles
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA swabs taken from the surface of injected lesions at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus on the Surface of Injected Lesions During the First Three Cycles
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus on swabs taken from the surface of injected lesions at any time during cycles 1 to 3 is reported.
Percentage of Samples From Oral Mucosa With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA During Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from oral mucosa with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples From Oral Mucosa With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus During Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of samples taken from oral mucosa with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA in Oral Mucosa During Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA on swabs taken from oral mucosa at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus in Oral Mucosa During Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus in swabs taken from oral mucosa at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples From the Anogenital Area With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA During Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from the anogenital area with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus in Swabs From the Anogenital Area During Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of samples with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus in swabs taken from the anogenital area at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA in Swabs From the Anogenital Area During Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA in swabs from the anogenital area at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus in Swabs From the Anogenital Area During Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec virus in swabs taken from the anogenital area at any time during treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples From Oral Mucosa With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA After the End of Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from oral mucosa with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA after the end of treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples From Oral Mucosa With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus After the End of Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA in Oral Mucosa After the End of Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA in swabs taken from oral mucosa after the end of treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus in Oral Mucosa After the End of Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity.
Percentage of Samples From the Anogenital Area With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA After the End of Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of swab samples from the anogenital area with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA after the end of treatment is reported.
Percentage of Samples From the Anogenital Area With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus After the End of Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA in Swabs From the Anogenital Area After the End of Treatment
Talimogene laherparepvec DNA was measured using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method. The percentage of participants with detectable talimogene laherparepvec DNA in swabs from the anogenital area after the end of treatment is reported.
Percentage of Participants With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec Virus in Swabs From the Anogenital Area After the End of Treatment
If the result of the qPCR testing was positive, then a 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay was performed on the swab sample to measure viral infectivity.
Number of Samples With Detectable Talimogene Laherparepvec in Lesions Suspected to be Herpetic in Origin
Any lesion such as a cold sore or vesicle thought to be herpetic in origin was evaluated by the investigator and swabbed if HSV infection was suspected. Quantitative PCR was performed on the swab sample to evaluate whether talimogene laherparepvec DNA was detectable in the sample.
Best Overall Response
Response was assessed according to modified World Health Organization (WHO) criteria using both clinical (cutaneous, subcutaneous, or nodal tumor measurement by caliper) and radiological imaging (computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or ultrasound of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and all other sites of disease).
Complete response: disappearance of all index and non-index lesions.
Partial Response: ≥ 50% reduction in size of all index lesions and any new measurable lesions.
Stable disease: Neither sufficient tumor shrinkage of index lesion to qualify for response nor sufficient tumor increase of index lesion to qualify for progressive disease, assessed a minimum interval of 77 days from the first dose of study drug.
Progressive Disease: ≥ 25% increase in size of index lesions or appearance of one or more non-index lesions.
Objective Response Rate
Response was assessed according to modified World Health Organization (WHO) criteria using both clinical (cutaneous, subcutaneous, or nodal tumor measurement by caliper) and radiological imaging (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and all other sites of disease). Objective response rate is defined as the percentage of participants with either a complete response or partial response. Subsequent confirmation was not required.
Complete response: disappearance of all index and non-index lesions.
Partial Response: ≥ 50% reduction in size of all index lesions and any new measurable lesions.
Time to Response
Time to response was defined as the interval from the first dose of talimogene laherparepvec to the first event of complete response or partial response per modified WHO criteria; participants who did not respond were censored at the last evaluable tumor assessment.
Duration of Response
Duration of response (DOR) was calculated only for those participants with an objective response and defined as the longest interval from an initial objective response (complete response or partial response) to disease progression per the modified WHO criteria or death, whichever occurred earlier; otherwise, DOR was censored at the last evaluable tumor assessment for participants who did not die or progress.
Durable Response Rate
Response was assessed according to modified World Health Organization (WHO) criteria using both clinical (cutaneous, subcutaneous, or nodal tumor measurement by caliper) and radiological imaging (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and all other sites of disease). Durable response rate is defined as the percentage of participants with a complete response or partial response maintained continuously for at least 6 months (183 days).
Complete response: disappearance of all index and non-index lesions.
Partial Response:≥ 50% reduction in size of all index lesions and any new measurable lesions.
Overall Survival
Overall Survival (OS) was defined as the interval from first dose of talimogene laherparepvec to death from any cause; participants still alive were censored at the last known alive date.
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0 was used to grade severity of adverse events, based on the following general guideline: Grade 1 = Mild AE Grade 2 = Moderate AE Grade 3 = Severe AE Grade 4 = Life-threatening or disabling AE Grade 5 = Death related to AE. A serious adverse event was defined as an adverse event that meets at least 1 of the following serious criteria:
fatal
life threatening
requires in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization
results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity
congenital anomaly/birth defect
other medically important serious event
Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) are defined as adverse events possibly caused by talimogene laherparepvec, as assessed by the investigator.